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As 2010 comes to a close all means of the “Best of” lists are certain to arise in your favorite circles. Whether it’s best ice cream flavors, green idea, news stories, remixes, political figures, hospitals, celebrities, musicians, Internet trends, automobiles or my personal favorite books, the lists will surely arrive. To get you in the mood our friends at Booz & Company’s Strategy + Business magazine have delivered their 2010 Best Business Books list (slightly ahead of the holidays—just sayin’) Here’s are the nominees:

Slapped By The Invisible Hand: The Panic of 2007 – Gary B. Gordon Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance – Boris Groysberg Reflections on Leadership and Career Development – Manfred F.R. Ket de Vries Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face – Richard S. Tedlow Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation – Steven Johnson The Power of Positive Deviance – Richard T. Pascale et. al. Country Driving – Peter Hessler Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition – Daniel Okrent

A wide ranging group of other authors get a nod including Charlene Li’s Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform The Way You Lead; Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age; Hagel, Brown and Davison’s The Power of Pull; Jody Heymann’s Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder; Dan Pink’s wonderful Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us; The Heath Brother’s Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard; and from one of my favorite management thinkers Warren Bennis, Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership.

Undoubtedly, you have your own favorites or “best” choice for 2010 don’t you? Share your favorites by adding a comment or two. I’ll come back to update the listing a little bit later. Stay tuned. Here’s wishing you another rich bounty of great reading in 2011.